Trousers-supporting device



J. STURM- TROUSERS SUPPORTING DEVICE. APPL ICATION FILED AUG-2| 1918.

1,342,930. PatentedJuneS, 1920.

JAMES STURM, 0F TAMPICO, ILLINOIS.

TROUSERS-SUPPORTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1920..

Application filed. August 2, 1918. Serial No. 247,938.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES STURM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tampico, in the county of VVhiteside and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers-Support ing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to trouser-supporting devices, the chief purpose thereof being to provide an article of that kind which will not be liable to deterioration caused by excessive perspiration of the wearer. The body portions of such articles are usually formed of an elastic material, and when used by farmers, and other laborers whose work causes them to perspire freely, the material soon becomes saturated, and the elasticity of the fabric is destroyed. In the present invention, the body portion is formed of nonyielding material, the necessary resiliency being provided in the connecting ends or other sections of the support.

In the drawings :Figure 1 shows one form of my invention, in front elevation. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail of one of the supports 6, in perspective.

1 represents the body portion, or strap members, provided at their ends with loops 2, the ends of which are fitted with bars 3,

having hooks l for engagement with one of a series of eyes 5 in the straps 1. Said straps are formed of a non-yielding fabric, and by adjustment of the hooks 4% in the openings 5, the lengths of the straps can be increased or diminished, as desired. Held in each of the loops 2 is a support 6, by means of a bar 7 passing through the loop. At each end said bar is provided with an eye 8, the outer parts of which are projected upwardly and formed into a pair of spaced-apart bars 9 and 10, having end portions 11 and 12, the

ends of which are coiled on the opposite bars. The folds of the loops 2 pass between the bars 9 and 10, and are thusheld from flying apart. At the same time the adjust ment of the length of the strap is not interfered with.

Attached to each of the eyes 8 is an endpiece 18, formed of a coil of spring wire of suitable tension, the free ends of said coils being provided with loops 14L for connection with the usual trousers buttons. At a central point the straps 1 are united by a loop 15, in which is held a bar 15 to the ends of which are connected end-pieces 16, provided at their ends with loops 17. The members 16 are similar in construction to the endpieces 13, but are preferably longer than the coils 13, so as to provide a greater yielding means at the rear part of the trousers.

The coils 13 and 16 are of such a material as not to rust readily, and as the straps 1 possess no stretching qualities, they will not be affected by becoming saturated with perspiration. Such articles are therefore rendered much more efiicientand durable than when the straps are formed of elastic fabric.

It will be obvious that the supports 6 can be readily formed of a single piece of wire of suitable size and strength, whereby the same can be cheaply produced.

What I claim and desire to secure is:

In a device of the class described, a supporting member, comprising a bar, adapted to be held in a loop of fabric, and provided with eyes at its ends, and a pair of spacedapart bars connected with said eyes, and provided with inter-connecting end-pieces, all of the parts of said support being in tegrally united.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JAISIES STURM. 

